Electric candlestick.



A. J. SANFORD.

ELECTRIC CANDLESTICK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1913.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

i s rr ANDREW J'.

NEWARK, QHIO,

SANFORD, F NEWARK, OHIO,

ASSIGNOR TO A. H. HEISEY & 00., DE

A COPARTNERSHIP.

ELECTRIC CANDLESTICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1?, 3191117.

Application filed June 24, 1913. Serial No. 775,805.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newark, in the county of Licking and 5 State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Electric Candlesticks;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in candlesticks, and is particularly concerned tudinal passage for the may be readily with an article of this character which is adapted to be used as the standard of an electrolier. The object of the invention is to provide a candlestick having therein a longireception of the electric conductors for an electric lamp mounted on the candlestick and to provide a lateral passage communicating with said longitudinal passage whereby the electric conductors inserted or threaded into the candlestick from one side without interfering with the stability thereof and in a manner to produce an ornamental appearance.

A. further object is to produce a candlestick the manufacture of which may be ecoing the invention; Fig.

stick 1 nomically and rapidly carried on.

In the drawings which illustrate different .lnodilications of the invention Figure 1 is a perspective view of the candlestick embody-- 2 is a longitudinal section of the article shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a modification of the construction.

Referring to the Figs. land 2, the candleproper may be conveniently and economically molded in any suitable apparatus, and comprises the ornamental base 2, the ornamental shaft 3 and capital 4. For the reception of electric conductors by which the candlestick may be adapted for use as the standard of an electrolier, a longitudinal passage 5 is blown through the body of the candlestick opening as well at the bottom point 6 as at the top. At the top also-of the candlestick may be a threaded boss 7 for the reception of the threaded socket of an electric lamp. In order that the electric veniently threaded into the longitudinal passage 5 and may extend out to one side of the candlestick without interfering with the stability or solid support thereof, a lateral passage 8 may be molded through 'lar embodiment conductors may be con-- the base of the candlestick, and after the molding operation is completed a certain portion of the material at thennder side of the base may be removed by grinding, for example, to form a cavity 9 which opens a passage between the central passage 6 and the lateral passage 8 whereby the electric conductors may enter through the lateral passage 8 extending through the base cavity 9 and up into and through the central passage (S. The operations of molding the candlestick, blowing or forming the longitudinal passage and the lateral passage may be performed in substantially simultaneous or quickly successive operations, while the candlestick is still within the mold, thereby securing great economy in manufacture. It will be noted that the passage is enlarged as at 5' at the top of the candlestick to form a candle receiving socket, and the contraction of the walls of the passage as at 5 and 5 provides a seat for the bottom of the candle.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 the parts of the candlestick are as heretofore described with the exception of the formation and location of the lat eral passage. In this case, said lateral passage 10 is molded through the bottom of the base during the molding operation of the candlestick and is brought into communication with the central passage 5 by the removal or grinding away of material forming the cavity 9 at the under side of the base.

\Vhile I have herein described the particuof the invention, it is understood that the same may be varied in detail within the scope of the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture a molded candlestick having a conductor receiving passage blown longitudinally therethrough, the base of the candlestick having a lateral passage molded therethrough during the molding of the candlestick, said base having its under side hollowed out to open communication between said passages.

2. As an article of manufacture, a molded candlestick having a conductor receiving passage blown longitudinally therethrough and having a molded integral threaded boss at the upper end of said candlestick through In testimony whereof, I, the said ANDREW which said passage is extended, the base of J'. SANFORD, have hereunto set my hand.

said candlestick having a lateral passage molded therethrou h during the molding of the candlestick, sald base having its under side hollowed out to open communication between said passages.

ANDREWV J. SANFORD.

Witnesses:

MAX B. NORPELL, GEORGE A. BLOOD. 

